Patricia Weiss

FRANKFURT, May 7 German minerals firm K+S
is preparing a potential application for state aid as
the company grapples with a high debt load and the fallout from
the coronavirus pandemic, people close to the matter said.

FRANKFURT Bayer said the economic downturn and the need to preserve cash means it is taking a tougher stance in talks to settle claims over accusations that its glyphosate-based weedkillers cause cancer, even as its earnings rose.

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Tens of thousands of demonstrators amassed in Washington and other U.S. cities on Saturday demanding an end to racism and brutality by law enforcement, as protests sparked by George Floyd's fatal encounter with Minneapolis police stretched into a 12th day.

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